Why I prefer Nikkormat over metered M

[p.giannakis]

I took this one in 1973, 18 years old.

NikkormatFTn/NikkorHAuto50mmf/2/TriX/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

That is a very nice one Erik - the lines and mysterious person in the background add to the atmosphere.

 

[Ronald M]

Still have one of my M6 bought when first appeared, maybe 1984. Guessing 36 rolls so far. I gave the black one to my son and I am guessing 50 rolls tops.

I have found reason to shoot some film and bought some Nikon F2`s, because I was using lenses with digital Nikons and only needed the bodies. Have 6 so far, some black, some chrome, some plain prisms, some metered.

 

[Beemermark]

And metered film Leica is so dumb compared to Nikkormat for it. With this cheap SLR I could measure at any time, even more so, I could look at exposure indicator on the top plate, no need to check VF meter for it

Which is why I love the M4 & M4-R meter.

 

[Erik van Straten]

NikkormatFTn/NikkorHAuto50mmf/2/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[Beemermark]

NikkormatFTn/NikkorHAuto50mmf/2/TMY400-2/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

It isn't the camera, it's the lens.

 

[Erik van Straten]

It isn't the camera, it's the lens.

Thanks! Yes, you are right, I only use the lens and leave my camera at home.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

That is a very nice one Erik - the lines and mysterious person in the background add to the atmosphere.

Thank you, Pan.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

NikkormatFTn/NikkorHAuto50mmf/2/TriX/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[Guth]

It isn't the camera, it's the lens.

My money is on the photographer, who is operating both the camera and the lens. Erik, you continue to inspire me. Thanks for that.

 

[Pál_K]

My money is on the photographer, who is operating both the camera and the lens. Erik, you continue to inspire me. Thanks for that.

Totally agree. A perfectly captured image, Erik.

 

[Disappointed_Horse]

NikkormatFTn/NikkorHAuto50mmf/2/TriX/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

Nice shot. Made me think of the finale of The Untouchables (1980s film version with Kevin Kostner as Eliot Ness).

 

[Erik van Straten]

Nice shot. Made me think of the finale of The Untouchables (1980s film version with Kevin Kostner as Eliot Ness).

Thanks all!


Great film! The pram is not in the finale, but somewhere midway. Never thought of that, thank you.


NikkormatFTn/NikkorHAuto50mmf/2/TriX/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[p.giannakis]

Great film! The pram is not in the finale, but somewhere midway. Never thought of that, thank you.

NikkormatFTn/NikkorHAuto50mmf/2/TriX/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

The scene with the pram in the Untouchables is a tribute moment to Sergei Eisenstein's silent movie "Battleship Potemkin" where a pram is also rolling down the stairs.

Very nice picture Erik, you were in the right place at the right moment.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you, Pan! I did not know that!
I shot the picture before the 1980's, it must have been in 1974, so it is from before "The Untouchables". I'm sure I saw "Potemkin" much later.


Nikkormat FTn/NikkorHAuto50mmf/2/TriX/AdoxMCC110

Erik.

 

[Ste_S]

Just going back to the original point of the thread. I’ve shot with a FT2 and a M5, and find the metering on the M5 Is far superior.

 

[leicapixie]

I own a Nikkormat and a Leica M6TTL.
They are both really similar!
M6 frame finder the least accurate of all my M's.
Nikkormat shows about 84% of what's coming..
They are about as bad can be. Both. Nikkormat has that dumb shutter dial and a meter needle 'down' means more exposure (+). Wonderful.
M6 film counter often not re-set to '0' due to plastic spring. Quality.

In use both are lovely to use and frame, kinda guessing what will exactly be there. Spoil't with Nikon-F that shows 100%. I am from time when 'I" meant responsible for everything in a frame and one didn't crop..

Crop a Kodachrome slide? Really? When digital didn't exist and every copy became more awful.
At end of day, both are fun..

 

[Erik van Straten]

In use both are lovely to use and frame, kinda guessing what will exactly be there.

Yes, that enhances the concentration of the photographer. Look at the photographers from the 1930's. They had to struggle with finders that were unclear, extremely small, mirror wrong or without any parallax-correction.

Erik.